Tennessee World Affairs Council What in the World? Weekly Quiz – March 21-27, 2022

Russia has demanded surrender of Ukrainian forces in THIS besieged southeastern city where hundreds of thousands of desperate people are trapped amid an extraordinary level of attacks on civilian targets.

Kyiv

Lviv

Mariupol

Kharkiv

Russian President Vladimir Putin, labeled a “war criminal” by President Biden, is assessed as driven to overcome the humiliation of the Soviet defeat in the Cold War. During that period Putin held THIS position.

Mayor of Moscow

Lieutenant Colonel in the KGB

Second Secretary to the Ukraine Oblasts

USSR Attache to West Germany

Japan and Australia, partners with India and the United States in THIS alliance, have pressed New Delhi on its position over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. At a meeting with Indian PM Modi, Australian PM Morrison said, “The cooperation of like-minded liberal democracies is key to an open, inclusive, resilient and prosperous Indo-Pacific.”

AUKUS

Quad

SEATO

Indo-Pac Pact

Spain has changed its position regarding THIS former colony under dispute between Morocco and Algeria to favor Rabat’s claim. Algiers has recalled its ambassador from Madrid and said Morocco is using migrant flows into Spanish territory as blackmail.

Tripolitania

Maghreb

Ceuta

Western Sahara

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) welcomed a visit by THIS Syrian President, his first trip abroad since the 2011 Arab Spring inspired civil war crippled the country. The meeting with UAE ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed (MBZ) suggests the Gulf Arab states are bringing Syria back into the Arab fold, a move criticized by Washington.

Bashar Assad

Recep Erdogan

Najib Mikati

Hafez Assad

President Biden on Friday spoke for two hours with THIS Chinese counterpart, warning of “consequences” should Beijing provide material support to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Kim Jong-un

Lee Hsien Loong

Xi Jinping

Tsai Ing-wen

Prince William and Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, visited THIS Central American nation on a tour of the Caribbean region. The former UK colony was known as British Honduras until 1973 independence.

Costa Rica

Nicaragua

Belize

Suriname

President Biden will travel to Belgium for talks with NATO leaders this week and will visit THIS front-line NATO nation.

Latvia

Poland

Hungary

Romania

Germany and THIS Persian Gulf nation, a top global exporter of gas (LNG), reached an agreement on energy supplies as Berlin seeks alternatives to Russian imports.

Kuwait

Bahrain

UAE

Qatar

A judge in Tegucigalpa approved extradition of former President Juan Orlando Hernandez of THIS country to the United States to face drug-trafficking charges.

Belize

Panama

Honduras

Guatemala

Tennessee World Affairs Council What in the World? Weekly Quiz – March 21-27, 2022

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